CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL

CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL is a compact junior high in PORT RICHEY, Florida, operated by PASCO. The school hosts 622 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 22% below that benchmark.

Across the 105 schools in PASCO (86,873 students total), CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Pasco County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.9%, the actual is 37.2%, a residual of -11.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Pasco County put the typical household earns roughly $70,492 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 111 public schools in Pasco County (combined enrollment of about 86,873 students).

Nearest neighbor: CHASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 48.7%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 14%: 720 students in 2018 compared to 622 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 60% to 46%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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